Collapsible foot tub



Filed D 19@ IN VENTO R.

s- 11 JHDKS Patented Aug. 14, 1945 UNITED STATES ATENT vOFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in bathing facilities, and hasparticular reference to a device for bathing the feet.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a portable footbath arrangement, which may be collapsed into a minimum of space.

A further object is to provide a device of this charactery which iseconomical to manufacture.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the two feet areseparated, so that should one foot be infected or diseased, it will notbe transmitted to the other.

A still further object is to provide means for circulating the bathingfluid about the feet without wetting the hands.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a partA of this specication and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. I is a perspective view of an improved foot bathing receptacle.

Fig. E is a top plan view of my device.

Fig, III is an end elevation, and

Fig. IV is a side elevation.

Many persons employ a foot bath to relieve foot discomfort, such asathletes foot, corns, itching, rheumatic pains, and other troubles,generally using a foot tub which is difficult to handle and does notkeep the feet separated one from the other.

The ordinary footl tub cannot be readily transported as in traveling,and I have therefore devised a receptacle which will collapse into aminimum space, and yet when lllled with water, the expanded positionpermits the feet to be bathed with an ample supply of fluid, andseparated one from the other.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my inventiony the numerals 5 and 6designate the ends of my receptacle, which are comparatively rigid,These ends are connected by accordion pleated sides 1 and 8, and anaccordion pleated bottom 9 serves to complete the receptacle.

Formed integral with this structure is a division wall II, which isconnected to the bottom 9, and to the sides 'I and 8 through the mediumof accordion pleats I2 and I3.

The ends 5 and 6 and division Wall Il have handles I4, I6 and I1respectively. With this arrangement, it will be apparent that twoseparate fluid containing receptacles are formed, into which each footmay be individually placed,

Assuming now that the feet are in the receptacle, as illustrated indotted lines in Fig. II, and that fluid has' been deposited therein, theperson using the device may grasp the handle I'I and move it alternatelyfrom side to side, that is toward the handles I4 and I6, this side toside movement (permitted by the arrangement of the pleats I2 and I3)willA cause the fluid in the two compartments to be agitated and to iloWaround and under the feet, the accordion pleats on the bottom serving topermit circulation beneath the soles of the feet.

It will be apparent from the above that all of the objects set forthabove may be readily accomplished.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I Clam l. A foot bathing receptaclecomprising a substantially rectangular arrangement, a division wallpositioned therein and flexibly connected to the sides of thereceptacle, said wall dividing said receptacle into two uid containingreceptacles, and a handle formed on said division wall, whereby saiddivision wall may be moved to cause a circulation of fluid in each ofsaid receptacles, and on the opposite sides of said division wall.

2. A foot bathing receptacle comprising a pair of substantially rigidends connected together by sides formed of accordion pleating, the sidesand ends being connected by an accordion pleated bottom and a divisionwall positioned between the ends and secured to the bottom and sidesthrough the medium of accordion pleats, said division wall dividing saidreceptacle into two fluid containing receptacles, and a handle formed onsaid division wall, whereby when fluid is within said receptacles, sideto side movement of s aid division wall through the medium of saidhandle will cause a circulation of fluid in each of said receptacles onopposite sides of said division Wall.

SYLVANUS O. JACKS.

